Jim Sabatke wrote: > Rui Santos wrote: > >> Bob Williams wrote: >> >> >>> On Thursday 12 July 2007 18:23, Jim Sabatke wrote: >>> >>> >>>> The ATI card is on the motherboard so I don't have any way (that I know >>>> of) to get the nVidia only running. >>>> >>>> >>> Can you disable it in the BIOS? >>> >>> >> If not, some boards allow you to disable it. Usually with a jumper setting. >> >> >> > > I never really considered it was the ATI board because Yast always seems > to pick the nVidia board when installing anything. However, you > provoked me into thinking that maybe something in that ATI card was > causing problems. ATI doesn't have a very easy website to find info on, > but I finally ran into this: > > #begin quote > > 737-167: System Hangs While Moving the Mouse Around on the Screen in Linux > > This information applies to the following system configurations: > > * ATI Proprietary Linux Driver 3.14.1 or earlier > > While moving the mouse around on the screen, the system will hang > just when the mouse cursor image is about to change. > > This issue is most likely to occur when numerous windows are open > and many things are happening on the screen simultaneously. > > To correct this issue, please download and install ATI Proprietary > Linux Driver 3.14.6 or higher. > > > #end quote > > > That seems to be a good definition of the problem I'm seeing. Looking > back, it does seem related to mouse movement. > > I've installed the ATI driver and hopefully it will resolve this > problem. I'll let the list know about it if I can go for a reasonable > period without repeats. > > Thanks to all who responded. > > Jim > After quite a bit of use, I have had no further lockups. It looks like updating the ATI driver did make a difference. It seems a little strange to me since I never see any settings for ATI related functions; the nVidia card seemed to take over.
Thanks to all that answered. Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
